Superior medical building and parking plan move forward

Developer: 'We're at the finishing line'

A front-end loader and bulldozer work on the south slope of the Superior Town Center at the corner of McCaslin Blvd. and U.S. 36 on Nov. 20. (Camera file photo)

Superior's Board of Trustees approved a final minor subdivision plat and development plan Monday night for a medical building and parking garage next to the Superior Town Center — one of the last several steps toward the completion of a development years in the making.

The plan includes a four-story, 62,006-square-foot medical office on Lot 1A and a four-story, 244-space (90,280-square-foot) parking garage on Lot 1B.

The parcel associated with the application — Lot 1, Block 12 — lies within Planning Area 2 of the STC, along the east side of Superior Drive and just north of the Boulder Valley Ice and Indoor Sports facility.

With Monday's approval came conditions by officials, including that "applicants shall make minor technical and redline corrections to plans as identified by town staff," as well as updating the "plan to identify the additional utilities and easements identified in town staff's report," according to town documents.

In October 2012, a Planned Development Zone District Plan was approved for the Superior Town Center. The approval established the general land-use parameters for developing a 156-acre, mixed-use and pedestrian-oriented town center with up to 1,400 dwelling units, 444,600 square feet of commercial/retail floor area, 373,000 square feet of office space and 500 hotel rooms, according to town documents.

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The applicant, Superior Medical Investors, requested approval of both a final plat and a final development plan.

"We're excited about this project," said Superior Medical Investors developer Clay Sammis. "We've been working on it for almost two years now it seems, we're at the finishing line. We feel very confident that we can provide this structure."

The subdivision plat is to provide for two separate lots for the project. The plat includes an access easement required for entry to the parking garage and six utility easements for various fire hydrant and fire line services for the medical office building and parking garage.

Currently, the Superior Medical Office Building will consist of an urgent care/primary care clinic that will be taking approximately 7,000 square feet on the first floor space. The balance of the first floor, consisting of 6,000 square feet, will be a medical imaging practice, which will provide MRI, X-ray, CT scan and ultrasound services. The second floor, totaling 14,590 square feet, will be occupied by an orthopedic medical group, which will also provide physical therapy services, according to town documents.

The building hours will be Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and 7 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

Earlier this year, after five public meetings, trustees approved a third amendment to the plan for the Town Center development at the southeast corner of U.S. 36 and McCaslin Boulevard.

The amendment, which trustees at the time called a "kitchen sink" of changes, included shrinking and restoring the controversial buffer between Rock Creek residents and the 156-acre development that was excavated last year.

Trustees agreed to give the developer 25 feet of the originally promised 250-foot buffer, which was approved as part of a 1998 annexation agreement, to be used as private backyards.